A75.3 Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi

The ICD-10-CM code for Typhus fever due to Rickettsia tsutsugamushi is A75.3 (FY2026). It is a billable, claim-ready diagnosis code.

Classification

Chapter

1: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

Section

A75-A79: Rickettsioses (A75-A79)

Category A75

6 codes (5 billable)

FY2026 Status

Stable since FY2024

Also Known As

ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entries that lead to A75.3:

• Tsutsugamushi (disease) (fever)
• Sumatran mite fever
• Kedani fever
• Disease, diseased › tsutsugamushi
• Disease, diseased › shimamushi (scrub typhus)
• Disease, diseased › akamushi (scrub typhus)
• Disease, diseased › island (scrub typhus)
• Disease, diseased › Kedani (scrub typhus)

Inclusion Terms

• Scrub (mite-borne) typhus
• Tsutsugamushi fever
• Typhus fever due to Orientia Tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)

U.S. Hospital Utilization

A75.3 appeared in too few sampled U.S. inpatient stays in 2021 to report a national estimate (AHRQ suppresses counts of 10 or fewer) — a rare inpatient diagnosis.

Source: National Inpatient Sample (NIS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016–2023. National survey-weighted estimates.

Official Coding Guidelines

HIV Infections (TOC entry)

a. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections .............................................................. 19

Infectious agents causing diseases in other chapters (TOC)

b. Infectious agents as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters ................................. 22

Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026

References

• CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Code Set and Guidelines, FY2026
• CDC/NCHS — ICD-10-CM Files and Browser Tool
• AHRQ — HCUP National Inpatient Sample, Frequencies by Diagnosis Code (2016–2023)

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